8. It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women.

9. No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years.

10. (on being awarded Dame Commander of the British Empire) I was asleep and my manager came to wake me up because we were going out that night. I didn't feel like getting up and I said: "Go away, let me sleep". Just as I was going back to sleep he said: "You wouldn't get up even for Damehood?" I had to keep quiet for seven weeks. I nearly had a nervous breakdown. I was afraid to go out in case I told someone - my social life was nil.

11. I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

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